Electric-cord-supporting device



i 1927' v J. F. HUBENEAIR snaci'alc coRD surron'rmc DEVICE asagna;

Filed larch 25. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR AhoR EY.

oailaimw Patented July 19, 1927.

UNITED T TES JOSEPH F. Hosanna, OF GnAn'rwoon, Nnw'aEasnY.

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Application flled'llareh 25, 1926. SerialNo. 97,172.

i This invention relatesto improvements in supporting devices forelectric cords. More pz'i'rticularly the invention relates to a devicefor supporting the electric cord or conduit attached to a sad iron.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved device for thepurposeset forth particularly well adapted to be easily and quicklyinstalled and one which shall be inexpensive to manufacture.

Vith the above and other objects 1n View my invention is embodied in acord supporting device arranged and constructed as hereinafter set forthand as illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is aview of a cord devlce embodying my invention.

.l igure 2 is a sectional deta ledvlew of the supporting bracket and adacent parts.

Figure 3 is a view of the end support for the cord.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the supporting bracket. I

Figures 5 and 6 are detail views of the c rd support'which is attachedto the iron.

Referring to the drawings the reference numeral 6 denotes the electriciron shown restin upon an ironing board 7. The current is suppliedthrough the cord 8 which is plugged in at 9 in an outlet 10. 11represents the wall of the room. In modern houses the outlets are beinglocated about waist high in the walls and this feature is takenadvantage of in my device, in that I arrange the supporting bracket 12preferably above an outlet 10. The bracket is secured to the wall byscrews or other suitable means and is provided with a base 13.

As seen best in Figures 2 and 4, the base supports a bolt 14 and uponthe latter is pivoted at 15 the cord supporting rod 16 in a rod bearing17 The rod bearing is in the form of a relatively thick washer or collarhaving projecting bearing lugs 18, 18 between which the rod 16 ispivoted by means of the pin 15. The bolt 14 has a head 19 and is securedin the base 13 by a pin 20. Suite parallelaperturesand 26 .and the cord.is

lead through the apertures in a well known manner and thenceto the iron;The ball 24 is secured on the rod 16 by a pin 36 which also preventsrotation of the ball.

The bracket 12 has struck up therefrom an eye piece 27 and to the latteris fastened the one end of a spring 28, the other'end of which issecured to the rod 16 at 29.

To the iron is secured a clip 30 b means of a nut 31 which usuallyprojects rom the handle of the iron. The'cli'p 30 has a spring loop 32adapted to receivethe cord. The loop is held closed by a pivoted latch33 whereby the cord is pinched in the loop.

Thereafter the cord plug 34 is usually plugged into the iron. i

Referring to Figure 1 it will be seen that during the use of the iron,the rod 16 swings horizontally on the pivot bolt 14 and thus permits thecord to follow the iron. At the same time, however, there is an upwardpull on the rod 16 due to the spring28 whereby the cord is kept taut.This upward pull on the cord exists, however, only between the ball 24and the clip 32 so'that there is no dangerof pulling the plug 9 awayfrom the outlet 10, neither is any pull exerted on the cord in the ironplug 3 When the user is through ironing, the latch 33 is lifted and thecord pulled out from the spring loop 32 of the clip 30 and the plug 34detached from the iron. The spring will now pull the rod upwards intothe vertical position shown in Figure 2 and the device will be out ofthe way against the wall 12.

Thebase 13 of the bracket 12 is purposely made so long that its outerportion v39 serves as a shelf to prevent the rod 16 from being tippeddownward, thus insuring that the rod will always be above the head ofthe user. And when the rod is pulled upward by the spring the uppermostwasher 40 serves as a stop preventing the ball from striking against thewall. The device is easily moved down into operative position by merelytaking hold of the freeend of the cord at the plug .34.

The foregoing is thought to disclose my invention fully. It will be seenthat the device comprises comparatively few and inexpensive parts, iseasily installed and efiicient in operation. .The projecting bearinglugs 18 prevents bending of the rod 16 near the bolt 14, and insures asteady swing of the rod around the bolt. They also serve as guides inthe vertical movements of the rod.

I claim A cord supporting device of the character described comprising abracket adapted to be secured to a Wall and having a projectinghorizontally disposed shelf portion, a bolt vertically supported in thelatter, a rod bearing mounted one-said bolt and adapted to rotatehorizontally thereon, a rod pivoted on said bearing to swing in avertical plane, said bracket shelf portion extending underneath and inthe path of said rod to prevent movement thereof below the said shelfportion, means at the pivoted end of said rod for loosely securing acord thereto, a ball at the outer end of said rod having means tosecurely grip a portion of the cord and a spring secured to said bracketand rod above the same tending to move the rod upwardly to keep the cordtaut and to move the rod into vertical inactive position, and a washeron said bolt for preventing the rod from striking the Wall,

JOSEPH F. HUBENER.

